Yeah ! you are right...that's why i called it "the thin red
line"...hehehehe, but as you said perhaps he is not the best chorister but
the cd has a nice touch.
nene
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> OK--- now I've had a chance to listen to the whole thing, and I have to
> admit it has a certain charm. Most of what I thought was a harsh sound in
> his voice was due to a little excess input gain in my system. Once I reset
> that, things sounded much better. Classical? Whatever is the definition of
> that? Certainly the Vienna Symphony seems to consider the Radetzky March
in
> that category--at least once a year!
>
> Thane
>
> "amahl" <2cetaqe02@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
> news:2cetaqe02-B90B7E.15173016102008@news.us.easynews.com...
> > Classical or not, I enjoyed it. Thanks, nene!
> >
> > I spent a little time with an online Finnish-English translator, and
> > figured out that this collection is just what it sounds like --
> > patriotic songs, with an emphasis on military hymns. The title came up
> > as "Finland the song rings!," which I suppose might be more colloquially
> > translated as "The song of Finland rings out!"
> >
> > The first few lines of the notes say something like this:
> >
> > "I was born in Finland. Finland is an independent country. In Finland
> > it is peaceful, safe, and at the moment we are not at war. To win our
> > independence, Finns had to make war. We Finns are indebted to those who
> > made war in the past..."
> >
> > (After that, I got tired of typing all those umlauts into the
> > translator.)
> >
> > Are military hymns "classical?" These were written by serious composers
> > for a serious purpose -- they're not "barracks ballads" like WWII's
> > "Hitler has only one big ball..." I suppose that military and patriotic
> > hymns are just as "classical" as religious hymns, so I will give them
> > the benefit of the doubt.
> >
> > By the way, Ossi Kinnunen is an alto, not a treble, and reminds me of
> > Alex Prior. With more training, I think he could sing opera. (I also
> > thought the solo by his 4-year-old brother on track 4 was unbearably
> > cute.)
> >
> > A
> >
> > In article <%nvJk.196896$4p1.91764@en-nntp-09.dc1.easynews.com>,
> > "Thane" <thane100@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi nene,
> >>
> >> Well, it is surely different than the usual! Rather than downloading
> >> everything, I grabbed "Finlandia" since it was the only thing
> >> recognizable
> >> to me. There may be other familiar songs, but I have no knowledge of
> >> Finnish.
> >>
> >> Honestly, the boy's voice sounded strained, almost hoarse in places.
> >> Perhaps
> >> he is over-exerting himself in this patriotic hymn. I will listen to
some
> >> others later, but I agree with you that he doesn't sound like a
> >> chorister.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Thane
> >>
> >> "nene" <nenepil(nospam)@excite.com> wrote in message
> >> news:Xns9B388A461FC34nene@216.151.153.66...
> >> > Hi Group:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Nice to see more good friends comming here !
> >> >
> >> > well, this is a dilema...I myself have this doubt about this
> >> > recording, the songs sounded to me quite good enough to consider them
> >> > part of the classical spectrum, in fact i think i have listened some
of
> >> > them ( not sure how many ) sung by other choirs ( like the Finlandia
> >> > hymn
> >> > for example ) but the treble boy doesn't sounded to me too much like
a
> >> > Chorister...or, Am i wrong ????...well perhaps this is something like
> >> > the
> >> > movie i some time watched in DVD ...hehehe with the tilte "The Thin
Red
> >> > Line"....Ok, who knows ? but i'm quite sure that this cd will be a
new
> >> > discovering for some of you.
> >> >
> >> > Any way i would like to see what Do you think.
> >> >
> >> > And also if yes or no i hope you like it
> >> >
> >> > see you
> >> >
> >> > p.d. Thanks to one friend who let me share it whit all you
> >> >
> >
>
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